Understanding The Elements of Musical Rhythm

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Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, Steve-san Onotera, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei.

Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.

[fprintf]

This is the *first* time I've understood the reason for 3/4 vs. 6/8 time. Bravo, nicely done. I still find odd time signatures like 7/8, 7/4 and 5/4 difficult to understand but mostly because counting the beats doesn't feel as natural, but at least i understand it now! Thanks!

[ChrisComstock]

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[pedro]

three months of musical theory in 9 minutes

[haksin]

This is literally one of the most readable and easy to understand tutorials on YouTube. Thanks

[adrianmcallister]

A useful way of wraping your mind around the difference between 3/4 and 3/8 (or any other 4 vs 8) is how you count and subdivide in your head. Time signatures built on quarter notes usually have every note getting it's own beat (tap of foot or count). Time sigatures built on eighth notes on the otherhand are usually used in faster music and usually just the first note gets a beat (tap of foot og count).

In both 3/4 and 3/8 the first beat is usually the strongest, but in 3/4 you would likely still count all three notes out loud unlike 3/8 where you usually only count the first beat and feel the others as subdivisions

This is more usefull in mor complex time signatures used in some modern classical music, Indian music an balkan folk music where you might have a bar of 25/8 divided into 7+7+11 or wich again is divided into 3+2+2, 3+2+2, 2+2+3+2+2.

[THEQueeferSutherland]

Damn, this was the greatest explanation I've ever seen. I have gotten by on 4/4 forever and vaguely understood 3/4 but only pretended to understand anything further. Now I get it.

[pavlepopovic]

thank you for the summary of this much information in such a short video, studying for a test and needed to go over some basics in a short time
you helped a lot

[Loffeno]

Great video to introduce beginners to rhythm. Great job samurai!

[mizugorihl]

Just a side note on 3/8 from personal experience - it's a great filler bar for notating polyrhythms on a score (for x/8 time signatures). The brevity of it, ironically enough, helps keep the bar and phrase easily legible, provided you can avoid seeing the phrase as necessarily starting or ending at a barline. Or that's the way I see it anyway. The musings on 3/8 and 3/4 sound interesting - would love to hear other people's takes on it

[AndreasLiberos]

Your channel is pure genius mate! And the way you explain things is second to none

[DEBATABLECLOCK]

I've watched so many videos of you in one day that now I got your accent.
Thanks for such wonderful content!

[Brutalexecution]

Thanks! I knew difference in signatures, but still this video gave me a whole different perspective on how I can write my music! Great stuff, as always!

[heavysteppaaa]

ur litterally saving me for my music theory exam i love you

[michaelcolvin]

Awesome work Bro
I watched this as a review and I appreciate how you have a clear and simply put way of teaching newer people what is usually difficult material to study. Thank you !!!
Keep up the good work

[boonthebuffoon]

Thank you, Sensei, you just opened up the world of odd meter to me. I don't know why, but it never occured to me that there were other emphasized notes apart from the first in a 5/4 or 7/8. Now it all makes sense to me and I'm intrigued! I'm so up for what's coming in this series!

[peiquedq]

Hey that was a great video! I liked how you passed through various topics with sufficient depth and still kept the video beginner friendly. If I'd saw this when I was learning about this stuff I think I would be much more inclined to explore these concepts on my own (and thus learning the "right" way) right way. Now that I already did it, way back then, I can say that you did an amazing job!

[aceofacez]

Thank you so much, none of the music channels I follow make videos about the basics. I'm a beginner piano player but I've gotten hung up about music theory and worrying if I'm practicing optimally

[corrda]

I see 3/8 a lot in classical music. Like how a song in 4/4 might throw in 1 bar of 2/4 (a half bar) I see songs in 6/8 throw in 1 bar of 3/8 (a half bar). Also sometimes when reading a musician may play 16th notes in 3/8 with a lighter feel than 8th notes in 3/4. For example a dotted quarter, eighth, quarter would be played heavier than looking at dotted eighth, sixteenth, eighth.

[timvanroon]

Great stuff, articulate explanations of the fundamentals, often the hardest things to teach. Gonna steal some of your explanations to teach my students! ;)

[LuizGMohallem]

Your videos always come in the best time. That one where you talked about the good and bad things about the music industry motivated me to go to music school, and this week I have to rewrite a song but I'm not sure if it's in 3/4 or 6/8 haha now I have more tools to find out